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3/4/2016 3:10AM

How Much Horsepower Can You Fit in a Car?

With the launch of some 1,500bhp cars, WSJ's Dan Neil checks out the latest wave of high horsepower vehicles at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show and explores the possibility of what you can do with an electric motor.

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